# The Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020, Regulation 6: Amendment of regulation 5 (Healthy Start food and payments in lieu)

Extent: E+W

For regulation 5(2) substitute—
“(2) If the Secretary of State is satisfied that a beneficiary cannot use a voucher within a reasonable distance of beneficiary's home, the Secretary of State may, instead of issuing a voucher or credit, pay the beneficiary an amount equal to the value represented by the voucher or credit the beneficiary would otherwise receive.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/267/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/healthy-start-scheme-and-welfare-food-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2020/regulation-6
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